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United States of America et al v. Advanced Biohealing, Inc.

  1. April 19, 2022

    Ex-Attys For Dermagraft Whistleblower Nab $6M Fee Award

    The former counsel for an Advance Biohealing Inc. whistleblower can claim $6.13 million in fees from his settlement, despite their former client claiming they hid one attorney's dire health and allowed a disbarred attorney to work on the case, a Florida federal judge ruled Tuesday.

  2. December 09, 2021

    3rd Fla. Federal Judge Recuses Himself In Battle Over Fees

    A third Florida federal district court judge has recused himself from a biotech whistleblower case, saying he once worked as a defense attorney for a former Shire and Advanced BioHealing Inc. employee whose previous company is the subject of the whistleblower complaint.

  3. November 30, 2021

    Judge Says Attys For Biotech Whistleblower Should Get $6M

    A Florida magistrate judge recommended Monday that the former counsel of a whistleblower, who helped reach a $350 million settlement with biotech company Shire, be awarded more than $6 million in the fight over attorney fees related to the settlement.

  4. February 22, 2021

    Atty Contests Legal Lender's Entry In $350M Shire Fee Row

    An attorney representing the former counsel for a whistleblower who helped secure a $350 million settlement with biotech company Shire told a Florida federal court Monday that it lacks authority to allow a law firm lender to intervene in a fees dispute and expressed distrust of the lender's intentions.

  5. February 04, 2021

    Litigation Funder Wants Cut Of $350M Shire Deal

    Law firm lender Counsel Financial Services asked a Florida federal judge Wednesday for permission to intervene in a dispute over divvying up attorney fees from a $350 million whistleblower settlement with biotech company Shire, alleging the law firm Barry A. Cohen PA should be forced to direct any fees it receives to pay back a $43.8 million line of credit.

  6. January 15, 2020

    Ex-Attys Can't DQ New Counsel In $350M Shire Deal

    The attorneys who used to represent a whistleblower failed Tuesday to get a Florida federal judge to disqualify the whistleblower's new attorneys in their fight over a cut of the attorney fee award in a $350 million deal with biotech company Shire Pharmaceuticals PLC.

  7. April 09, 2019

    Ex-Attys Seek To DQ New Counsel Handling $350M Shire Deal

    The former lawyers of a whistleblower who helped reach a $350 million settlement with biotech company Shire over its marketing of a skin product have asked a Florida federal court to disqualify two attorneys and their firm for allegedly using stolen confidential emails to cut the former counsel out of a fee award.

  8. November 21, 2017

    DOJ Cleared To Split Up $350M Shire Deal For Whistleblowers

    A Florida federal judge signed off Monday on the U.S. Department of Justice's apportionment plans for payouts from a $350 million False Claims Act settlement with biotech company Shire, with two of six whistleblower suits getting more than 95 percent of the proceeds, which must still be tabulated.